Windows 8 hidden features

Windows 8 shortcut keys and hidden features

Windows 8 has many features compared to the previous version of windows 7. It has new features like Metro UI , Start Screen, Ribbons in Windows Explorer, Windows live syncing, improved search function, speedy booting etc.

Now to know about the hidden functions, Though Microsoft has removed the start button it has a hidden QRM ( Quick Access Menu ).

1) QRM menu

For accessing QRM move your mouse cursor to the lower left corner and right click to get the QRM menu where you can access all features. Also we can open it by pressing the shortcut key Win key + X

QRM menu

2) Screenshot

Windows 7 also has screenshot option by pressing PrntScr button and go to paint and press Ctrl + V and then saving it to your folder. But in the new version of the operating system we can directly save the screenshot without opening paint. For doing it press Win key + PrntScr. Now the screenshot is saved in the following directory “C:\Users\username\Pictures\Screenshots”

3) Access Safe Mode

To boot the operating system in safe mode we need to press F8 in windows7 but in windows8 the shortcut key is Shift + F8.

4) Start Screen

In windows 8 the start screen is not displayed but it is a hidden feature, When you place the mouse cursor on the bottom left corner start screen thumbnail is displayed.

5)Application Folder

Access the hidden application folder directly from desktop by entering the following command in CMD [ command prompt ] as administrator.